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.ilE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 28, 1921. BIG DOCKET FOR NEW COURT TERM Judge Finley Will Have Plenty of Work to Do When He Opens Court. When Judge Thomas B. Finley opens a special term of criminal court here next Monday morning, he will face a docket of 165 cases, according to tabu lations completed Tuesday afternoon by Deputy Clerk of the Court James E. Yandle. Sixty-six of the cases have de veloped since the special term of crim inal court in early December. Judge Finley is to preside here in Superior courts for the next six months. One of the cases on the docket nexe week is that against J. W. Summers, former medical practioner here, who is charged with havin performed a crim inal operation upon Mrs. Eva Winkler, of Mount Holly. George Barnicastle, of Mount Holly, is charged with being an accomplice. Lewis Long, alleged bootlegger, who was a. fugitive from Mecklenburg courts in forfeiture of a $1,500 bond and who was captured some weeks ago in Dan ville, Va.. is to he tried on the charge of violation of the prohibition law. The case is expected to attract maximum at tention because of the sensations that have surrounded it. J. A. Queen and A. K. Harwell, two white men, also are to be tried for al leged handling of liquor. Harwell was taken some weeks ago at Camp Greem by officers who were looking for Bud "Lippard. alleged notorious bootlegger of the Western part of the State. Queen as taken at the same time, but gave bond and Avas later arrested on a sec ond charge of the same kind and the al leged theft of a car. He escaped with handcuffs on as he was being taken along West Third street here by Lincoln county officers to the Mecklenburg jail Just now he is at large but officers ex pect to produce him in court. A. E. Burke, of Winston-Salem, is to be charged with handling liquor. Ha was the man who left Charles W. Shu man and a far bearing a Winston-Sal-rm tag at the Sloan's Ferry bridge some weeks ago and ran away as Con stable Tom Hubbard, of Paw Creek township, fired a round of shots at him on his failure to halt. I Some of the other defendants op the forthcoming docket are: Mr. and Mrs. Darnsby, charged with larceny from several stores: James W. Roberts, charged with false pretense in connec tion .with the sale of oil stock; E. A. Ilegan. white, charged with intent to commit rape: W. A. Little, charged with embezzlement: E. R. Collins and R. L. Carter, white hoys charged with larceny of an automobile, and Bogue Crook, white, charged with operating a car while under the influence of liquor. MAHAFFEYTAKES BALDWIN POST Change in Personnel at Weather Office Has Al ready Become Effective. C. E. Mahaffcy, a native of Green ville, S. C, has arrived here and taken np his duties at the United States Weather Bureau as successor to H. McPh. Baldwin, who has been here for twj years in the capacity of ob server for the local station. Mr. Bald win is retiring after being in the ser vice of the United States weather bu reau for 41 years. Mr. Mahaffcy came to Charlotte from the weather bureau at Little Rock. Ark. Prior to that he saw ser vice in the weather bureau at Key West. Fla,., and later at Greenville, S. C. C. S. Lindgren. who came here a little more than two years ago to be come meteorologist at the local sta tion, will remain here in that capacity. The weather bureau here is considered one of the important stationsin the United States and the man in charge was advanced to the place of meteorol ogist some years ago when O. O. Atto was till in charge. Mr. Baldwin in his long career in the service of the weather bureau has served in many posts, including the one at Raleigr - where many years ago he met Mrs. Baldwin. He and Mrs. Baldwin will make their home at Ral eigh. They have a son in the broker age business in Indianapolis, Ind. TO DISCONTINUE JOINT MEETING Ohio Coat Operators Will Draw Own Wage Scale With Union Miners. ORPHANS GUESTS AT CHRISTMAS OCCASION ANTI-BETTING LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL Mobile, Ala., Dec. 2S. An act of the Legislature of Alabama of 1919 prohibit ing the making of a wager on a horse race or other form of sport was held Unconstitutional in the Inferior Crim inal Court here this morning. Notices of appeal were given by State attorneys. The decision grew out of a test case brought by H. C. Murnan. president of .the Mobile Business Men's Racing As sociation, and it is believed the court action assures a ten to fifteen days' rac- ; ing meeting here in the Spring, to fol- . 1 . . 1 r .-. : ... 1 . . 4. X- ! iuh i. lit: luu sruunua iuveiiii, at am-w 1 Orleans. ALBEMARLE GIRL IS FOUND IN HOSPITAL ; Baltimore, Dec. 28.Miss Liliie Dale1 .Huosell. ::3. of Albemarle. X. C. who disappeared from the south branch of the Young Women's Christian ssoci ation, was found yesterday afternoon at a local hospital, where she was ad mitted shortly after .her. disappear ance on Christmas., night. The girl's condition is not thought, to be serious. Hospital officials -were puzzled over riio crirl's identity until today, when ihe revealed her "name. In automobiles marshalled by mem bers of the congregation, the children of the Thompson Orphanage were de lightfully entertained Tuesday even ing by the Sunday school of the Church of tha Holy Comforter in the parish rooms of the church. The rooms had been appropriately decora'.ed for th? occasion and an at tractive program preoared. The teach ers, matrons and superintendents as well as the children were present. The children of the Sunday school rendered the program, one of the fea tures of which was a violin solo by Chadwick Smith, accompanied by his sister, Jane Smith, on the piano. The carol. '"Holy Night," sung as a duet by Misses Lavise and Anna Everett Little, the attractive daughters of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Little, was also well received, as was the Folk dancing by Misses Delia Chesnutt and Ella Fore man. This was followed by a grace ful impromptu dance by Miss Margaret Montgomery. The program was inter spersed with Christmas carols sung by the entire audience. During- the evening the children were entertained by the well known screen version of "Shoulder Arms," fea turing Charlie Chaplin in one of his million dollar comedies. The conclud ing event was a message from Santa Claus. saying that he had been so "overworked during the holidays that it. was impossible for him to be pres ent, but he was not willing to forget his little friends and would forward each one a present through parcel post." Then the name of each child was called and a "call for package slip handed out. This the child pre sented at the "parcel post" window and received a neatly wrapped gift that caused a smile of joy. Columbus, Ohio., Dec. 28. An nouncement by the Southern Ohio Coal Exchange that its members operating mines in the southern Ohio fields would discontinue negotiation of wage scales in joint meetings with other dis tricts in the central competitive field and propose an individual scale for their .employes which would not pro vide for the "Check off" system of collection of union dues, was regarded in various lights here today. j Coal operators. including W. D. jMcKinney, secretary of the exchange, declared that the action of their or Iganization, taken at a .meeting late ! yesterday, was not intended aa. a ! "blow to unionized labor" but that jthey were, "driven to the move" by the lability of concerns in West Virginia 'and other fields to undersell them, t While officials of the Ohio Miners' 'Association maintained silence, expres sions -of opinion from other quarters indicated belief that the decision of the operators was the initial move in an effort to establish "open shop" condi tions in the Hocking Valley fields, where practically all the holdings operated by the seventy members of the exchange are located. The first hint that establishment of the new system of wage fixing had been decided upon came with publica tion late yesterday of a letter sent by the exchange to John L. Lewis, inter national president of the United Mine Workers, at Indianapolis. Replying to a letter from Lewis requesting that representatives le sent to Pittsburgh to decide with miners' representatives upon the date for a wage conference for all central competitive field dis tricts, the operators flatly refused to participate, saying that "the plan of fixing wages employed in the past has seriously contributed to the existing state of extreme poverty and business depression throughout southern Ohio." The new wage proposal, it was in dicated, would be submitted early in April. The agreement, under which operators and miners in Ohio, west ern Pennsylvania. Indiana and Illinois have jointly negotiated wage scales, expires April 1. Mines in eastern Ohio fields and other portions of the State are not affected by the action of the southern Ohio operators, mine owners in these sections have separate organizations. CITY IS BOOMING NEWCOMER SAYS Baltimore Dentist, Here to Locate, Finds Charlotte to be Thriving. That Charlotte is booming compared, financially, with Baltimore, Md., is tho statement of Dr. Buford D. .Corl. form erly on the staff of John Hopkins hospi tal and the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, who has arrived here to makt his home in the future. Mr. Corl will open a dental office in this city after the first of the year. "An advertisement in a Baltimroe pa per for labor would come near creating a riot in that city," he said. "The un employment is not only large, but grow ing. Offices and home for rent can be picked up all over the city. In Char lotte I find demands have already been made for every kind of building avail able. Since arriving in the cty I have seen that ths place, is on a boom com pared with Baltimore." Dr. Corl further declared that he be lieved Charlotte to be one of the mcst fortunate cities in the country in this respect. He has been in several Tartre Norhern cities recently and is of the opinion that the worst business coiici tions prevail in the North and not the South. Dr. Corl has also just returned from a European tour, on which he spent a great deal of time in London. He re cently resigned from the staff of the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery to engage in private pradiee and after looking over the lay of the land in many parts of the country decided hat Charlotte is nearer to his ideal of the place in which he would like to make his home. Before this decision, how ever, he even entertained an idea of settling in London having had the-; op portunity to connect himself Avith weil known dentists in that cty. "Bu talk about jour taxes tnny have them there." he declared. "The income tax alone in England takes about one dollar out of every three yen mako. Added to this is the enormous tax on everything a person could f-cssibly use, many things they can't use. The coun try's back is weak from tho strain of carrying the war debts "ind every per son there is putting hi. nose to the grindstone. I don't think I'd like to live there at present at any rato." Dr. Corl has been staying at a lecal hotel for the pst few days whil3 lock ing for a suitable home. MRS. W. A. GRAHAM IS HURT BY AUTOMOBILE MRS. EDITH M'CORMICK IS GRANTED A DIVORCE KT A T IJ 1? AT Tl?C!TrTVT A mir-r PRESENTED TONIGHT ------ 13. - - ' . - ' J. I' Ji II HM .1 I - , , aj L I I , for eitrht vrars chairman nf tho Itenm. raiic executive committee m Nort i - Wednesday night. J. ZJ. Norwood of Salisbury is the only candidate for tho tire Relief FOR INDIGESTION INDIGESIKWJ ?3 OE'J- r 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief 25t and 75$ Packages Everywhere Chicago, Dec. 28. Mrs. Edith R. Mc Cormick, daughter of John D. Rocke feller, sr.. millionaire oil king, was granted a divorce from Harold F. lie Cormick, president of the International Harvester Company, in Superior Court today. No provision for alimony was includ ed in the divorce decree, which was signed in court by Judge Charle3 A. Mc Donald after Mrs. McCormick had filed suit for divorce on charges of desertion against Mr. McCormick, who admitted the charges. While no announcement of any settle ment was nlade in court, an agreement iia;i been reached between Mr. and Mrs. McCormick on the division of property, according- to Clarence Darrow, one of counsel for Mrs. McCormick. Mrs. McCormick is the only daugh ter of John D. Rockefeller. She re turned to this eountrv a few weeks ago, after spending eight years in Switzerland. Upon her return, she took up her residence in the McCor-! miok townhouw, while Mr. McCormick moved to his estate at Lake Forest. Although they arc jointly the backers and principal contributors to the Chi cago Opera Association and attend al most, nightly, Mrs McCormick has oc cupied a box on one side of the house and Mr. McCornick and his daughter, Muriel, on the other. Mrs. W. A. Graham was painfully, but not seriously injured, at 11 o'clock .Wednesday morning by an automobile, a Ford sedan, as she was about to cross Independence Square. Mrs. Graham had just stepped off the sidewalk into the street when the automobile, comins up South Tryon street, turned into East Trade street at what observers said was a rather rapid rate of speed. Mrs. Graham was hit by the side of the car and knocked over toward the street car track. The driver of the car avoided driving over her by cuttng his car into the sidewalk. He knocked over the sign that stands at the crossing as a guide to traffic. After he brought the car to a stop, he came back to see what damage had been done. Mrs. Graham was picked up and tak en to her home on West Seventh street between1 St. Peter's parish house and the CViarlotte Sanatorium. Dr. Gra ham, who was not at home when she arrived, but who came a few minutes, later, said Mrs. Graham was not much hurt and was resting easily. The name of the man in the car was not ascertained, so far as could be learned from the police station rec ords, the officers at the Square, or pass: ereby. WILKINSON ATTENDS OPENING OF BRIDGE GERMAN EFFORT CANNOT SUCCEED ... i v. Conditions Imposed Must be Modified by Allies, Says Annual Report. TT a mhurff Rermanv Tlo S fPv tha Associates fressj. me enorts or uer many during 1921 to fulfill her peace obligations have failed and it is idle to ! think that any political or economic tuvri Ifl will HUW n La H'tTU UIJItt IIICSU conditions are modified, declared the an nual report of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, issued today. "Those who still believe the London ultimatum can be carried out." saya the report, "either are without judg ment or do not desire fulfillment, but the destruction of Germany, which in time would react on France, England and America." The report asserts a way out of dilem ma could be found by a very simple means, as follows: Revision of the treaty of Versailles and of the Londori agreements to a reasonable basis, making it possible for Germany to secure foreign credits; a conference of issuing banks of inter ested nations for the regulation of Ger man exchange, and the restitution of the German colonies, or at least a Ger man mandate over these colonies. The report expressed slight faith in the speedy return cf world economic normality and Criticises the American policy toward shipping in general and toward German shipping in particular. FORTY PERSONS LVJITRED. Detroit. Mich.. Dec. 28. Between 40 and 5a persons were injured, some of them seriously, when a southbound De troit United Railway limited inteuur ban tinped up on its side as it rounded a curve, at the southern outskirts of Lake Orion, 40 miles northwest of here, today. Ambulances have been sent to the scene from Flint, Mich. W. C. Wilkinson, commissioner of this district of the North Carolina Highway Commission, went o Albe marle Wednesday to attend the cere monies incident to the opening of the fine steel structure over the Yadkin river which has been built under the jurisdiction of the State highway com mission. The bridge's construction is being widely heralded as one of the construction events in connection wiv.h the work so far done by the State commission, not only because of the cost involved in the work, but because of the opening up of a nearer route which, it is promised, will areatly fa cilitate the nr.ovajnent- of transporta tion through that entire section of the State. DEATHS FUNERALS DR. CHARLES LITTLE. Wabash, lnd.. Dec. S.Dr. Charles Little, pastor of the Wabash Presbvte rian church for fifty years and former moderator of the Presbyterian church of the United States of America, died suddenly at his home here today. Dr. Little was 78 years old and is survived by his widow and one son. BOY SCOUT BAND IN ACTION AGAIN The Boy Scout band will play the old year out and the new year in Satur day night from 11:30 o'clock to 12:30 o'clock in front of the city hall, ac cording to an announcement by A. F. Bartlett, director of the band. This public appearance of the band will be marked by a program of the best selections known by tho band. Mr. Bartlett has especially prepared the program to suit the occasion and a touch of real New Year spirit is ex pected to be added to the evening by the music. Mr. Bartlett has just recovered from a slight illness which has ' somewhat hampered his activities as band direc tor recently. He is now fully himself, however, and announced that the band wrill begin the regular practices as usual. As a result of thi.3 the scouts who belong to the band will assemble Wednesday night for the usual weekly practice. 1922 CI Club JOIN TODAY ar;d you will have MONEY NEXT CHRISTMAS instmas savings Now Open $r ,00 CLASS Requires a deposit of $5.00 each 0 week for the next 50 weeks. OnDecember 5, 1922, you will receive a check for $250.00, plus interest. $0.00 CLASS Requires a deposit of $2.00 each week for the next 50 weeks,. On December 5, 1922, you will receive a check for $100.00, plus interest. CI .00 CLASS Requires a deposit of $1.00 each week PX for the next 50 weeks. On, December 5) 1922, you will receive a check for $50.00, plus interest. CAp CLASS Requires a deposit of 50 cents each dlC week for the next 50 weeks. On December 5, 1922, you will receive a check for $25.00, plus interest. 2K0 CLASS Requires a deposit-of 25 cents each tlV week for the next 50 weeks. On December 5, 1922, you will receive a check for $12.50, plus interest. The Commercial National Bank Corner Tryon and Fourth Sts. Capital, Surplus, etc., Over $1,100,000.00 NEWSPRINT OCCUPIES THE TARIFF MAKERS Washington, Dec. 28. Newsprint oc cupied the attention today of Senate tariff makers, manufacturers asking for protection for their industry and news paper publishers urging that the paper be retained on the free list, as proposed in the Fordney bill. Opening the discussion with a pre sentation of the arguments for the man ufacturers. Col. William K. Haskell, vice president of the International Pa per Company, declared that the news print alone of all papers was unprotected by a tariff and that "the reason is ob vious that the press can central legisla tion." The witness added that the industry did not" ask for the same protection as given other paper because "past experi ence has convinced us of the futility of such a request." TWENTY-FIVE BANDITS STEAL MUCH WHISKEY LoWsvlile, Ky., Dec. 2S. (By the Associated Press) Twenty-five bandits swooped down on the Blue Ribbon dis tillery at Eminence, Ky., early today, locked fivo guards in the office of the plant jaid stole 325 cases of bottled in bond whiskey, valued at $30,000, ac cording to a report to Louisville po ; lice. j The report said all of the robbers 1 were masked and heavily armed. Two ' auto trucks were used to haul the liquor away, said the report, which added that the trucks took the road towar 1 Louisville. I Soon after the bandits departed, the five guards who were bound with ropes, released themselves and notified the Henry county authorities. All cities within a- 60-mile radius of Emi nence were notified to watch for the , bandits, I JUDGE WEBB IN CITY. ' Federal Judjre E. Y. Webb and son, j Edwin Yates Webb. Jr., are Charlotte visitors lor the day, being anions sev eral Shelby people who came-to Char lotte by automobile Wednesday morn- CITY'S CHARITY MAXWELL WILL GENE DEBS WILL BE HEARD HERE j GET A WELCOME BLANKETS POOR More Was Given Than There Was Room to Receive During Christmas. That there were more paoplo willing to give in Charlotte during tno Christ mas festivals than there wore to receive is a singular fact that is without equal in the. annals of the loc d Associated Charities, according to Miss Ana J.i Wallace, . assistant-secretary of that or; ganization. Miss Wallace declared that the office of the Associated Charities was literally swamped with people during th'i holi days whose one question was, "Where can I find some one in need of assis tance?" As a result of this wholesale willingness to help the poor, over 700 needy were looked after and Cbrisf.nvis cheer carried to every distressed family that the Associated Charities knew about in the city. After every Mnsle individual and family in the city had been visted by benevolent citizens, peo-v pie continued to flock to the Associated Charities and express sunrise that there was no one in need of assistance. ' Isn't there even a little child I can help?" is a question that Miss Wallace was forced to answer in the negative scores of times. There was not one small tot in the city who did not get a visit from Santa Claus and so far as is known not one home that did not radi ate at least some of the Christmas cheer. Every solitary human being that could be found was left in smiles, and from one end of the city to the other the spirit of the Yuletide reigned. "It looks as if there will come a time when such willingness to give will be manifested, throughout the entire year," declared Miss Wallace. .Miss Wallace went so far as to state that in her several years' experience in charity work in this city and others, she had never seen a Christmas similar to the one that has just passed. She expressed her belief that Charlotte peo ple possess a greater thoughtfullness of the poor than any city she had visited during the ast few years. Splendid cooperation by fraternal or ders, social and civic clubs and all oth er organizations, as well as individuals, was noted during the holidays, Jn the records of the Associated Charities were the names of every nedy person in the city as far as it was possible to obtain and to these records the benevolent populace was turned. The Associated Charities directed the entire work and saw that the job was done' well. The nasr Christmas market annthon forward step in the good work that is ' being done by the Associated Charities. Had it not been lor this organization there would have been much overlap ping of gifts, one family probably re ceiving several times more than an other. At present there is a record of j all the needy in the city at the Associat- j ed Charities offices on Xorth Tryon ! street, and this record is kept in date j from day to day. so that at any time it may be referred to. The Associated j nanties nas investigated every one of these cases and established beyond a rlouht that each case is really one of dis tress. There is often, according to Miss Wallace, an effort made by some person to take advantage of the Associated i Chrities by asking assistance. Owing to the investigation of the organizaton. however, such attempts are invariably futtule. Miss Wallace has received numbers of letters from the poor that were assisteJ thanking her for the toys, clothing, food and other gifts given them. Rate Expert of Corporation Commission to Address Shippers A meeting of the officers of the Charlotte Shippers and Manufacturers' Association was held at 1 o'clock Wed nesday at the Chamber of Commerce for thv; purpose of arranging some of the details in connection with the an nual meeting of the membership of the organization to be held January 11, at which time A. J. Maxwell, of the corporation commission, will be gesc of honor and chief speaker. The special committee of the officers appointed to arrange for fhe program of the annual meeting is composed of Lewis Tlurwell. prc&idcnt: H. W. Eddy, J. H. Cutter and W. S. Creighton. The committee ran over plans asso ciated with the meeting and discussed a number of incidental features that are to be a part of the program. Mr. Maxwell will speak on the rate situation as it now applies to Xorth Carolina, a subject on which he is re garded as more competent to speak than any other man in North Carolina. He will also advise as to the coming alterations in the rate structure in this territory as he has been advised of such in advance by the carriers, telling also something of what the corporation commission is doing to remedy existing defects in the situa tion as it now stands. The issociation is going to make un usual efforts to. get a large attendance of business and professional men gen erally at this popular meeting of its membership. 4 At the January II meeting the an nual election of officers will also UiKe place and other matters taken up ap pertaining to the annual convention of the membership. Terre Haute Plans Rousing Reception for Socialist Leader on Arrival. Terre Haute, lnd.. Dec. . i10 town welcome awaited the return tonight of Eugene V. Debs. S()! ;a' leader, who. was released from t'j last Sunday through President in i (,0,,n mutation of his ten-year sonicnr. f ' violation of war laws. I'lif-,,!- ," .41 - .i- ne'giinor!. rcjsa.1 uiess ui incir own lj,, ol ueus uoci lines, as wen as in; f,,i'n,. ers were expected to meet tho ti-ain''ir" Although disappointed by ance at a preliminary meet ing in the Socialist leaders here were 11 f. 5lr. 'nri'i. -i . int . . . : l . . " . iit-ui nidi. lunism ueinoirmraiioi featured by a parade of the dowiii'm.''' i;-,.;...4 ...,,1.-1 nHiumi r. ." iitu ill. W1.MIHI ci . 1 1 cxv. i. ui; t l(n or Charles Hunter., a Kepuhij.-a had accepted the chairmanship of ' zens' welcoming committee. that political significance wouM ;, in a socially ami lieignnoriy Wrirnm Leaders of organized labor, wiri, 12.000 members here, planned i., ;';ixl big part in the demonstration. J'ercy Head, president . of tlu labor union, issued a call fi.,i working man to participate. Mrs, Debs said she would n the station, preferring that her with her husband be alone in vacy.of their home. Ala' i ''iti. la re t.'i 'ntni ' r. reunify pri ll AKVEY LEAVES FOR ( .V;s Lon.1.n. Dec. 2S. (By the .WoeiH;i Press) George Harvey, ihe Arnrira,! Ambassador, accompanied hv - n.. . . . .. i. ' 'J-1'- ' He will act as observer for tin C?,,.t-.0 . , , , f .. . . , ; ,7iaico at uii l I'llin rill V OI preme Council, which will opcsi uary 4. !0.1, "nil HUNEYCUTT NOT AT MEETINGS OF BOARD WILSON CELEBRATES BIRTH ANNIVERSARY Washington, Dec .28. Former Pres ident Wilson today quietly celebrated his sixty-fifth birthday at his home here. While no deviation from the daily program of the Wilson household was planned manv cablegrams, telegrams and letters containing greetings were delivered at the Wilson home on S street during the day. Several of the more intimate friends of Mr. Wilson called to extend their greetings in person. Commissioner Huneycutt has not at tended a meeting of the "City Commis sioners for a week, it was said Wednes day at the city hall. No reason was as signed for the absence of the Commis sioner of Public Safety. Commissioner Huneycutt was said to have absented himself from the council chamber at the 11 o'clock daily meeting about the time the agitation in regard to the recent "sneaK" bill had reached its peak and it was thought that this has, perhaps, had something to do with his absence. Commisioner Huneycutt has indicated to friends recently, as well as for some time prior to the recent agitation, that he had no authority in connection with the administration of the affairs of the city, that Mayor Walker and Commis sioner Stancill were running things municipal to suit themselves and he inti mated that, so far as the transaction of public business is concerned, he is a non-entity at the city hall. It was indicated, however, Wednesday nt the council chambej that, in the con tinued absence ot Mr. Huneycutt from the meetings of the commissioners, the other two officials are not exercising any authority over the affairs of the depart ment over which Mr. Huneycutt pre sides, that these matters are still in his hands entirely and that the board will continue to regard Mr. Huneycutt as the authority in dealing with business appertaining to the departments of fire, police and health. PINEHURST WILL NOT ENTERTAIN HARDING? Wasnington. Dec. 2S. While there was no official statement, indications at the White House today were that President Harding had abandoned hist tentative plan to spend a portion of the holidays at. Pinehurst. N. C. The President had a full list of en gagements for today and one of the members of the Cabinet was authority for the statement that the Cabinet would meet Friday, as usual. 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